The New England Revolution are close to a transfer deal with FC Sion for defender José Gonçalves.

Gonçalves, a 27-year-old native of Portugal, trained with the Revolution toward the end of last season but hasn’t seen much playing time for Sion. He has appeared in only six games since joining the club last year.

The next MLS transfer window opens in January.

“He's a player that we had in for a training period a couple of months ago,” Revs GM Michael Burns said via the league’s website. “He's a player we're in discussions with at the moment to see if we can work something out with his current club.”

In other Revolution news, Burns said the club has made qualifying offers to the two players it selected in the re-entry draft earlier this month, former L.A. forward Chad Barrett and former Colorado defender Hunter Freeman.